Maiden Law mortuary Sept '16

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Maiden Law Mortuary


A little history…



There doesn’t seem to be much online history about this hospital, so here is all I could find out. Maiden Law Hospital was built as an Infectious Diseases Hospital in County Durham. Its construction began in 1939 but it wasn’t completed until 1945 due to the outbreak of The Second World War. During the 80’s various sections of the hospital became surplus to requirements so began to shut down, until it was finally closed in the mid 1990’s.

The mortuary is a small stand-alone building away from the main hospital blocks. Within the grounds of the site remains the home of the active Willow Burn Hospice, so I never took any external photographs of the other hospital buildings as I didn’t want to disturb anybody.



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Poor cat it must have become sealed in at some point:cry:


Thanks for looking folks.
 
Nice to see a mortuary that isn't trashed! Some top notch peeling wallpaper decay. Good work!
 
What a great little place.may give this a look on a trip home from Scotland..you got some lovely shots of it
 
Remember finding this place spent a good few hours in here,sad to say its now gone :upset:

Glad you have said you spent a good few hours in here as so did I and its bloody tiny...see its not just me!

Oh, so its totally gone now is it?:( When did you last pass by? I wonder what happened to that lovely porcelain slab, surely that wouldn't just get smashed up in the demo, it must end up in some kind of reclamation yard, it would make a great shower tray:glee:
 
Excellent report that mate :) Really like the third shot, awesome detail.
The vacant one is cool also, really sharp. I loved this place myself and the slab remains the best I have seen.
I would also be horrified if it had been destroyed in the demo.
 

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